Hawaiian BBQ Chicken Tacos

These Hawaiian BBQ Chicken Tacos are a quick and easy summer meal. The pineapple slaw is a family favorite!

It’s very true that I only just posted these Baja Fish Tacos and also slightly overuse BBQ sauce at times. Sticky BBQ Slow Cooker Meatballs, anyone? This reminds me, I should absolutely make a Hawaiian BBQ version of those meatballs. But I digress.

I’m sorry if you’re feeling some kind of taco overload, it’s not entirely my fault though! We went grocery shopping at a different store a few weeks ago and they had those Stand ‘n Stuff Soft Taco Shells (grab some on Amazon here – they’re fun!*) I’ve seen in TV ads all the time.

Being the reasonable person I am (cough cough), naturally I tried to empty the entire shelf into the shopping cart. My husband knows the catastrophe prevention protocol, so we ended up walking away slowly with just one packet. NO, there’s not really a catastrophe prevention protocol.

Or so I’d like to pretend.

And then maybe, quite possibly, I put them into our pantry. And forgot all about them.

Sometimes I try to pretend my memory abilities didn’t suffer since having a baby. This was definitely an example to prove me very, very wrong.

Mommy brain, the struggle is all too real.

But I promise, these scrumptious BBQ Chicken Tacos more than make up for my faux-pas. My mom-self loves how quick and easy they come together. Read: Toddlers stand no chance with their whining and knee-hanging.

My blogger-self loves how the taco boats make the photography part much less intimidating and messy. Score.

And my eating-self? Well, as I said – there’s BBQ sauce. And pineapple, which I love in savory dishes (as I already bored you with told you in this post about Thai Shrimp Curry).

And just FYI if you don’t like green peppers: I don’t like them either. Unless they are in this pineapple slaw. Trust me, you’ll love it.

Serve:

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I could never have enough tacos, so overloading on them is not a problem to me! 🙂 I love the Hawaiian and bbq flavors, Nora! I think those blend together perfectly in just about any dish, but especially in tacos. Love the ease of this simple dish!

Oh I’ve been meaning to try these stand up shells. I have been seeing them all over the internet lately. They definitely look like they make things much less messy – and I’m all for that! These savory-sweet tacos are pure perfection!

Mommy brain is real, and I wish I could say it gets better when your kids are teenagers but it doesn’t! 🙁 At least there are tacos, and these have some of my favorite flavors going on. These look so fresh and delicious, Nora!

I could eat tacos every day and never tire of them, so there is no thing as overload! 🙂 These sound and look amazing! I love all the flavors and I wish I had them for dinner right now. Can I come over? 😉

Mommy brain is totally real and so annoying. Although I like to tell myself that it’s gotten better as the kids have gotten older, but I’m not entirely sure that’s true. Maybe just trying to make myself feel better about my lack of memory these days! These tacos look fantastic, love the pineapple slaw!

These tacos look perfect for me! So many times I think I want Mexican food then find myself with a sweeter/more Americanized version (i.e. BBQ chicken apple quesadilla = heaven). Thanks for the recipe!